Howland Pulp Co. v. Jessup & Moore Paper Co.
Howland Pulp Co. v. Jessup & Moore Paper Co.
Opinion of the Court
Opinion bv
The plaintiffs seek to recover for certain rolls of “ F sulphite, gross at eighty-five and three tenths per cent dry, at $2.10 per hundred lbs.” The affidavit alleges that when the pulp, bought from the plaintiffs and billed at eighty-five and three tenths per cent air dry test, arrived at the mills, it was found to be only seventy-five and seven-tenths per cent air dry test, making an excess of nine and six tenths per cent of moisture, which in the two consignments aggregated a sum which was definitely ascertained, and which made a total offset of $262.77. It is apparent from the plaintiffs’ - statement of claim that the defendant was to pay only for the net weight that the pulp
The judgment is reversed, and a procedendo awarded.
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